BUTTONS!!!

     I was organizing some of my craft and sewing items today and decided to round up all the vintage buttons I've collected from various thrift stores and put them in a clear plastic container (also found at the thrift store).  It started me thinking about why I can't pass up the chance to own more, despite having hundreds already.  Just another link from my childhood I suppose.... one of my favorite things to do at my grandma's house was go in her bedroom closet and get out the old shoebox FULL of vintage buttons.  There was every kind you could imagine; glass, plastic, metal, wood and in every color you could dream of.  I would sit on the floor and play for hours.  I would string them, pretend they were pirate treasure, and just pick them up and admire them.  Today my own collection isn't nearly as fascinating as that old shoebox, but there are wooden, pearl, glass, metal, plastic and various other materials.  Unlike grandma's...many of the buttons I have found are still on the original cards.  Some of my favorites are probably from the 1920's and are beautiful green glass.  Maybe someday I will take them off the cards and find a special project for them!

Paper doll cards

     I recently purchased these adorable paperdoll cards to use for craft projects.  I have no idea yet what I am going to do with them, but I am trying to build up supplies for when a good idea comes along, and I couldn't pass them up.  If anyone out there does paper crafts and has some ideas it would be appreciated.  I watch a few blogs out there of crafters and the things they come up with are amazing.  Feel free to use the images in your own crafts.  There were 9 total and I'd be happy to scan in the rest and share them.

ZOEY

This is the newest addition to my family, a toy Yorkie named Zoey.  I'll tell the story of how she came to be some other day, but I wanted to get a picture of her on here so I could share it with everyone.